Improvement in machines for rolling and cutting tobacco



'H.W. HOLLEY. Machine for Rolling and Cutting- Tobacco? No. 209,808.Patented Nov. 12, I878.

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UNITED STATES PAT'E N T IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR ROLLING AND CUTTINGTOBACCO.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,808, dated November12, 1878; application filed J une 17, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRISON W. HoLLEY, of Hales Ford, in the county ofFranklin and State of Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Machinefor Rollin g and Outtin g Plug-Tobacco, of which the following is aspecification In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a sideelevation of my improved machine for shaping and cutting plug-tobacco;Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section on line a: to, Fig. 3; Fig. 3, atop view of the same; Fig. 4, a detail side view of the lever and crankarrangement for operating the combined oil-packing boxes and scrapers;and Fig. 5 is a detail vertical transverse section of one of thepressure-rollers and of a combined packing-boxand scraper.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the supporting-frame of myimproved machine for shaping and cuttingplug-tobacco, which frame ismade of side walls that are firmly braced by transverse pieces, andarranged to form at one end a kind of box for a feed-belt, B, and at theother end asupport for a series of pressure and cutter rollers.

The feed-belt B is tightly stretched over rollers B, of which the innerone forms, in conjunction with a top roller, B the first set ofpressure-rolls. The leaf-tobacco is prepared in the ordinary manner andplaced 011 the feedbelt, the box receiving the proper quantity to makethe plug the desired weight.

When the tobacco passes through between the pressure=rollers B B it islightly pressed and shaped, and then passed over afixed platform orbridge, 0, to a second set of rolls, D D, which are placed closertogether than the first rollers, and provided with one or more circularcutting-knives, D, so that the tobacco is pressed harder and split atthe same time in longitudinal direction.

The circular knives D of the rollers D overlap each other and exert ashear cut on the tobacco, they being fastened by means of washers andscrews, or otherwise, to the rollersections, and designed to give thecut a smooth finish.

From the pressing and cutting rollers D the tobacco passes to a thirdset of rollers, E, which are placed closer together than the middlerollers, D, so as to exert still greater pressure on the tobacco, andreduce it thereby to the required thickness.

The upper roller E is arranged with a cutting-knife, E, that extendsover its entire length, and serves to cut the plug transversely to thedesired length, a groove and sole-leather filling, E of the lower rollerE admitting the entering of the knife E, so as to keep it free from gum.The leather filling may be readily replaced when worn out.

The feed-belt B, the upper pressure-roller, B and the middle rollers, D,are arranged with combined boxes and scrapers F, that are filled withoil-packing, for thepurpose of oiling and scraping the feed-belt andpressure-rollers.

The combined boxes and scrapers F are applied to cross-shafts a, thatturn in bearin gs of frame A, and are provided at one end with exteriorcrank-disks b, which are connected by pivoted crank-rods d with alever-rod, e, piv

oted to a hand-lever, f, so as to be jointly operated by the latter.This lever-and-crank arran gement admits the application of the boxesand scrapers to, or their removal from, the feed-belt and rollers, andfacilitates the clean-. ing of the scrapers. v

The packing is supplied from time to time with oil through top holes ofthe boxes.

The feed-belt and pressing and cutting rollers are revolved in the samedirection by suitable transmitting gearing from a hand or power shaftwith fly-wheel, so as to take up and operate successively on the tobaccoand the journal-boxes of the lower rollers, made adjustable in the usualmanner by set-screws in slots of the side walls of the frame. so as tobe raised or lowered for making the plugs thicker or thinner, asdesired.

The side walls of the frame A are provided at the inside, at thatportion along which the tobacco passes, with longitudinal side strips G,that are dovetail-ed into the frame, and arranged with rear handles, soas to be readily removed, cleaned from the'adhering gum, and thenreplaced.

FFICE.

chine herein described, consisting, essentially, of three sets ofpressure-rolls, arranged successively close together, an endlessfeed-belt passing through the first set of rolls, longitudinal knives onthe second set, and transverse knives on the third set, all of saidrolls being geared together, as shown and described.

HARRISON WYSONG HOLLEY.

Witnesses K. OLEY, WM. E. HOLLEY.

